Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You

I am no expert in marketing and thou I went to Nijmegen 4 daagse 10 times I moves on to Bersiap in the Indies. But what come to mind is:

Have yu tried to have VVV sell it in Arnhem and Nijmegen in their information shops? Also during 4-daagse there used to be a military camp with plenty of Americans, British and Germans who might be interest if the price is affordable.

Also there is the museum at Groesbeek and well Oosterbeek and maybe have Documentatie Groep 40-45 make a review plus if there are other magazines and homepages.

 

Thanks! I will do as you suggested, in the coming 4-daagse!

 

What is the price and how can it be ordered

 

CL1,

Because the initial limit for sending a package is 2 kilogram, I can offer both my first book “Lost at Nijmegen” (first 48 hours of fighting around Nijmegen during Market Garden) and “Little Sense of Urgency”, for GBP 22.

Payment can be made by PayPal.

 

Another thought :biggrin: Have you considered the Guards Museum in London and the Airborne Museum at Fort Bragg?? Might ne some interest or maybe they can guide you to oassociations of interest.

 

Addressing museums/associations is a good option, thanks for the reminder.

 

The good news: it looks like there will be a reprint of the London County Council Bomb Damage Maps (the first edition tends to cost a bomb).

The bad news is that the reprint is listed as a much smaller format. Nothing yet on the publisher's website (that I can find) to confirm that.

 

Tom Womack, author of the Dutch Naval Airforce Against Japan, has a new book scheduled for release in late 2015 that I know will interest some on here.

The Allied Defense of the Malay Barrier, 1941–1942

http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/book-2.php?id=978-1-4766-6293-0

 

Due for release on the 30th September is the latest work of author Geirr Haarr who produces, in my view, superbly written books that focuses on the early years of the war, with a heavy leaning towards the Naval side. His latest work is called No Room for Mistakes: British & Allied Submarine Warfare in 1939-1940 (ISBN 978-1848322066).

His previous works are:
The German Invasion of Norway: April 1940
The Battle for Norway April - June 1940
The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe, September 1939-April 1940

To use the Amazon sales pitch...
A new book from this bestselling author covering the events at sea in the early years of World War II, in which he has compiled comprehensive research and insight into a highly readable and detailed account of British and Allied submarine warfare in north European waters at the beginning of the war. The early chapters describe prewar submarine development, including technical advances and limitations, weapons, tactical use and life onboard, and examine the men who crewed them and explore their understanding of the warfare that they would become involved in. The core of the book is an account of the events as they unfolded in home waters from the outset of war to the end of 1940, by which time the majority of the Allied submarines were operating in the Mediterranean. It is a story of success, triumph, failure and tragedy, and it tells of the tremendous courage and endurance shown by a small group of men learning how to fight a new kind of war in claustrophobic, sub-sea vessels with limited information about the enemy, or what they would meet off the alien coasts to which they were heading. Extensive primary sources are used to document the many aspects of this war, some of which remain controversial to this day. Max Horton, Vice Admiral Submarines 1940, said: There is no room for mistakes in submarines. You are either alive or dead. This book makes plain how right he was.

 

Even though still a good 7 months away, this one is definitely worth the wait:

"Cornered Tigers: The Defence of the Admin Box, Burma 1944", by James Holland

http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/cornered-tigers-the-defence-of-the-admin-box-burma-1944/9781473526525

Definitely, very good stuff.

 

The New Zealand soldiers who left these shores to fight in the First World War represented one of the greatest collective endeavours in the nation’s history. Over 100,000 men and women would embark for overseas service and almost 60,000 of them became casualties. For a small nation like New Zealand this was a tragedy on an unimagined scale.
Using their personal testimony, this book reveals what these men experienced – the truth of their lives in battle, at rest, at their best and their worst. Through a comprehensive and sympathetic scrutiny of New Zealand soldiers’ correspondence, diaries and memoirs, a compelling picture of the New Zealand soldier’s war from general to private is revealed. This is not a campaign history of dry facts and detail. Rather, it examines minutely the everyday experience of trench life in all its shapes and forms. Diverse topics such as barbed wire, the use of the bayonet, gas attacks, rats, horses, food, communal singing, infectious diseases and much more feature in this riveting account of the New Zealand soldier in the First World War. It is the story of ordinary men thrust into the most extraordinary circumstances imaginable.
Written in an accessible style aimed at the interested general reader, the book is the product of a substantial amount of research. The text is complemented by a range of maps, illustrations, graphs and diagrams.


AUTHOR: Glyn Harper is Professor of War Studies at Massey University and is General Editor of the Centenary History series. A former teacher, he joined the Australian Army in 1988 and after eight years transferred to the New Zealand Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is now one of NZ’s best-known military historians and the author of nineteen books, including six books for children. Many of these books are on aspects of the First World War and have achieved best-seller status.

 

This one is about to hit the market (or so the publisher says <_<) and it promises to be a good one; proud continuation to "Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze":

"Nanjing 1937: Battle for a Doomed City", by Peter Harmsen

http://www.casematepublishers.com/title.php?isbn=9781612002842

 

Another killer, this time from Schiffer:

"Famine, Sword, and Fire: The Liberation of Southwest China in World War II", by Daniel Jackson

http://www.famineswordandfire.com/

 

Just a mention of my book about a junior officers life in India and Burma as a Chindit. To commemorate VJ Day I will be giving all profits from sales before September of "Before the show" to the British legion, or help for heroes . Here is the link giving more information about the book and also two books of letters between a couple written between 1945 and 1955, A marriage Built on Paper and Wanted on Voyage. http://delacuesta.wix.com/familyhistorybooks

 

Royal Sussex Regiment Researchers might be interested in a book that I have only just discovered. The title is "Royal Sussex Regiment Military Honours and Awards Vol 2:1921-1966, by Richard Buckman. ISBN No is 1-90051158 4. It lists every member of the Regiment who received award from Commendations to VCs during the dates given. Apparently Vol 1 dealt with an earlier period including WW1. Said to include photos, newspaper reports as well as copies of official documents. It covers all the Regiment's Battalions, and as far as I can see at present can only be obtained via the author. I found details on the much improved website of the Royal Sussex Rgt Living History Group. This gives the author's contact details. Cost is £25 plus p& p.

 

I found this one recently published in a local bookshop, but it's available at Amazon:
Combattants Juifs dans les Armées de Liberation 39-48 by Georges Bradstatter.
Interviews with Jewish veterans of the French Resistance, and other groups who were forced to fight clandestinely. And the Jewish Brigade of Palestine.
Some very dramatic stories.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=combattants+Juifs+Brandstatter

 

Pre-orders for hardcovers of "I Just Wanted to Fly - The Story of WWII Glider Pilot Bernard Osborn" are now open on www.baverstockandpasley.co.uk

Hardcovers are £12.99 and are only being done to order. Orders close 11th September with an estimated dispatched date 8th October. A paperback will be on general release later in the year.



Growing up in the 1930’s, Bernard Osborn developed a fascination with flying. He would visit nearby airfields and peer through the boundary fences just to catch a glimpse of aircraft. It was on a visit to an Empire Air Day display and seeing a Hawker Hurricane for the first time that spurred his dream to become a fighter pilot. When Bernard turned 18 he went to volunteer with the RAF to become a fighter pilot, only to realise that almost every other young man in the country shared his ambition to fly. Instead, Bernard was called up and eventually ended up training as a member of a tank crew. It was while serving with an armoured unit that he spotted a notice calling for volunteers for the Glider Pilot Regiment. Determined to become a pilot, he volunteered and began a journey that would see him take part in D-Day and Operation Market Garden, and serve in post-war Palestine.

I Just Wanted to Fly combines Bernard’s own words with a narrative of wider events of the time, to tell a humble yet charming story of one man achieving his dream to become a pilot.

 

When Hitler's forces poured into France and the Low Countries in 1940, the uneasy peace of the 'Phoney War' was shattered, and Europe was ripped apart by another Blitzkrieg. Forming the backbone of the German advance were the mobile, well-equipped Schützen (Rifles), motorized infantry who embodied the essence of the fluid, swift warfare that had characterized World War II thus far. Facing them were infantrymen of the British Expeditionary Force, units of considerable fighting quality who had nevertheless had no special training or doctrinal instruction to conduct combined-arms warfare in conjunction with armor. This study investigates the clash between the two adversaries at small-unit level, recreating the ferocity of the fighting on the front lines of the Battle of France. It assesses the training, organization and unit ethos of both sides in the context of a new type of mobile warfare, and reveals the extraordinary difficulties encountered by infantry units in trying to remain in contact with their armored and mechanized formations. Drawing on first-hand combat reports and illuminative illustrations, it focuses on three key clashes at Arras, Calais and Merville and goes onto explore the important lessons learned by both sides about the nature of combined-arms warfare.

 

Just seen a reviw of The Cooler King by Patrick Bishop. True story of William Ash,Spitfire Pilot,POW and Escaper.Sounds a very good read.Was he the model for Steve McQueen in The Great Escape?

 

Mate, I first went to Stone's, but after turning the site upside down, could not find a single reference. Guess I did not look deep enough...

Thanks for the intel, because it seems to point to an on-the-bookstore work before the end of 2015


Latest update from Stone & Stone:

Hopefully!